The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-10-18
THE NEWS ABROAD.
How the Police Were EIuded by the
League at Woodford.
Treaty Revision in Japan and Trou-
BILE In China.
Another Struggle Between the Lon
don Mob and the Police.

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LONDON, Oct ia deputaton Of unem-
ployed workiDgmen went to the Mansion
House today, and demanded that they be
supplied with work. The board Of alder
men referred them to the workhouse. When
the deputati0n reported the result of their
mission to those who had sent them, the
mob became infuriated and started toward
the city. They proceeded without commit
ting any overt act until the Strand was
reached, when they turned upon the police
and attacked them with stones. The police
charged on the crowd and scattered them,
capturing number of banners. The mob
then returned to Trafalgar Square, where
several of the leaders made speeches, which
had the effect of exciting the crowd. Again
| the pollce made charge, and after some re-
| sistance, succeeded in clearing the square,
| Alter time, the mob, which had now gained
some Telnforcements, attempted to again en-
| ter the square, but after general fight they
| were prevented from doing so by the police.
Twenty arrests were made during the riot
| Ing. Many OF the contestants were so badly
wounded that they were sent to the hospital
Gladstone on the Stump.
Mr. Gladstone arrived at Manchester today
where he is the guest of Commoner Watkins
He will proceed to Nottingham on Tuesday
morning, remaining there until Wednesday
evening or Thursday morning. He will
| spend Thursday in Derby, and will speak at
all the places named and possibly deliver
| several short addresses at stopping places en-
route. 1t is understood that Mr.. Gladstones
supply of ammunition for this campaign is
almost inexhaustible and of an unans vera
BILE quality.
Irish Affairs.
Col. Sir j. West Ridgway is in harness at
Dublin at last, and apprehensive Of an at
tack upon his person he has surrounded him
self with large number of police. Upon
the arrival at the castle of Mr.. Balfour, the
number of guards will be doubled, and every
precaution taken against dangerous or OBJ
noxious persons getting within gunshot or
nearing OF the august personages who are to
essay task in which far abler men have
failed-that Of governing a civilized people
by despOtic rule.
large number of League meetings great
and small, were held in the proclaimed dis
tricts yesterday, but they were. with two or
three exceptions, remarkably orderly, and
very few arrests were made. A majority of
the meetings, however, were held without
the knowledge of the police, and perhaps
that explains the fact that there was no riot
ing.
The Standard thinks that the authorities
are somewhat blameable for the absence of
the police from the WOOdford meeting. Ii
hopes MIR. Balfour will take immediate ac-
tion regarding what it calls Mr. OBrien's
reasonable performances.
The UnIonists.
VIM. S. Caine, chief whip of the Liberal
Unionist party, writes from Manitoba, sug-
gesting that the government, instead of en-
barking in dangerous policy of land pur-
chase, should help distressed Irish families
to emgrate to that country.
Lord Huntington today presided at meet
ing Oh Unlonlst leaders, including Chamber
lain, and decided to hold general confer
ence OF the party early in December.
chamberIain's Course.
DUBLIN, Oct 17.-At meeting of the cor
poration today, the Lord Mayor stigmatized
Chamberlain's attack upon them as display
OF malice, ignorance and untruthfulness.
The course pursued by Chamberlain was
part of the Unionist scheme to belaud the
oSrangemen and heap seorn and insult on
Of the plot was to infiame the passions of
the people. Chamberlain would have done
better to devote his elOquence TO the further
ance OF his suit with the Tory countess,
whose hand, he has been led to believe. he
VIII obtain as the price Of his political apOs-
tasy.
The French Cabinet.
PARIS, Oct. I'm. Spuller, the present
minister Of public instruction and worship,
will succeed NJ. Mazeou, who recently re-
signed as minister of Justice. NJ Fallieres,
nov minister of the interior, win assume
the portfolio of public instruction and wor-
ship. nj. Rlcard, member of the Chamber of
Deputies, will succeed Falieres.
Advices from China.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17.-Additfonal de-
tails of the disastrous fire at Hankow, China
were received this morning by steamship
Dio de Janeiro, giving the number Of lives
lost as 1000, and the value of property de-
stroyed as 100000 taels.
The Rio de Janeiro brings advices that
Count Tino Neye, minister Of foreign affairs
in the Japanese cabinet has resigned. His
policy in the matter Of treaty revision was
too sliberal towards foreign governments.
The proposed treaty revision is delayed.
Advices from Hong Kong and Yokohama
say that acrisis is approaching in Corea, over
which the Emperor of China claims soyer-
eighty. simultaneously with the appoint
ment by the King Of COrea of five ministers
plenipotentiary to represent the Corean gov
ernment In European courts, Mr.. Yuen, the
Chinese minister resident in Soul, Corea, left
the city secretly. The Japan Mail, COM
menting, says that Yuen's departure has
been made the subject of strange stories.
One rum0r has il that he fled from theatened
assassination. Considering the offenslvely
busy part he IS said to have taken in Corean
affairs, there is no difficulty in believing he
has many enemies. More likely he has gone
to consult the Viceroy, who is practically |
monarch of Corea.
outwitting the Police.
NEW YORK, Oct. II. II z. Gill, NJ. p,
cables the following to the New York Tri- |
bune on the meeting at Woodford, Saturday |
night:
WooDFoRD, Oct. 16-The midnight meet |
ing of Woodford will rank as the most sing |
nlar. the most striking and the most crush |
ing mlscomfture which the Irish people have |
yet inflicted on Mr.. Balfours government
must tell you as briefly as | can the story, |
with which all Ireland and England will be |
ringing tomorrow. WOodford is the centre of |
the Clanrlcarde estate, on which 1000 tenants
this time ~ months joined the ''plan of cam
paign." Since the famous resistance of |
Saunders.s fort last year, the government
have shirked incurring the odium of lending
their forces to Lord Clanricarde to carry out
evictions; but instead they lend his agent
permanent squad of police, who accompany
him and his emergency men on their mid
night raids upon the tenants cattle
TO protest against this system and to help
allay the evaporation OF the people, mon
ster meeting was summoned in Woodford for
this day, the anniversary of the adoption of |
the 'plan Of campaign" The National
Leaguers expected 1t would be proclaimed; |
but though 1t was announced on Tuesday, il |
was not proclaimed until yesterday, at an |
hour too late to convey the news to half the
contlngents coming to the meeting. The
Castle had deliberately set a trap in order to /
provoke another Mitchellstown.
For all this the National League were pre-
pared. They made arrangements to baulk |
the police OF bloOdshed aud to hold the meet
ing in spite of them. These plans were a
triumph OF ingenuity. Their execution was
triumph of discipline. Hitherto, in order
TO hold prohibited meeting we have adopt
ed the course OF engaging .he attention of
the authorities at the advertised spot. while
a meeting was being held elsewhere. As the
government had become used to this scheme,
another had TO be devised, and this time the
meeting was to be held at the advertised
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